In this picture, we were anchored
at the mouth of the Mary River near Fraser Island.
We had launched Redmoon at Maryborough, a few miles upstream,
but this was taken on our way back north after our Pacific trip.
She was built of ferro-cement, to a Maurice Griffiths design,
but David extended it 10 feet. She was 46 feet long on deck,
52 feet overall, counting the bow sprit and davits, drew 7 feet,
had a beam of 13 feet and weighed 30 tons. The main mast was
48 feet and I had to climb up to the top spreaders to look for
the way through the reefs. She was a very sea-kindly boat and
I am very proud of David's work in building her as he built everything,
including the Oregon masts and the 90 pound plough anchor. We
had the sails professionally made.